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Subject:Re: Request for Assistance from Editors From:Tom Murrell <trmurrell -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 9 May 2002 11:20:02 -0700 (PDT)
--- Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info> wrote:
>
> Perhaps I should have included in my post the fact that the test was for
> freelance copy editing, not a full-time job. Normally, I would agree with
> you.
Without seeing the test (you can send it to me if you want, though I don't
promise to take it <g>), it's hard to know what the issues are. My first guess
would be that they're using some sort of style guide with which you are not
(and possibly cannot be) familiar. I mean if you are used to following Chicago,
and they have an inhouse guide based on, say, MLA but with a lot of quirks, it
could be (deliberately?) set up so you can't possibly succeed.
It's hard for me to imagine, though, that an experienced writer/editor couldn't
pass a vanilla editing test.
Another possibility is that their standards are impossibly high and that no one
could pass them. Still, I think Bruce's answer is applicable. If they don't
want to hire you or make use of you, what does it matter what the real reason
is?
=====
Tom Murrell mailto:tmurrell -at- columbus -dot- rr -dot- com
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